Champions League Debut for Azerbaijan's Sabah After Dramatic Playoffs Win over Hapoel Beer-Sheva
Sabah scored twice in extra time to win 6-4 on aggregate and become the first Azerbaijani club to reach the Champions League main draw.
- On Tuesday, Azerbaijani club Sabah qualified for the Champions League main draw after defeating Israeli champion Hapoel Beer-Sheva 6-4 on aggregate following extra time.
- Formed just nine years ago, the Azerbaijani side makes its debut in the main competition after a playoff that required extra time following a late stoppage-time equalizer.
- Substitute Tellur Mutallimov forced extra time with a stoppage-time goal, while Gabon striker Orphe Mbina and Joy-Lance Mickels scored in the 101st and 115th minutes respectively.
- Sabah will join Italy's Como as newcomers in the 36-team main phase, with UEFA conducting the official draw in Monaco on Thursday to determine eight opponents per team.
- Seven qualifying playoffs are being decided Tuesday and Wednesday to finalize the lineup; no Israeli team has reached the Champions League group stage since 2022.
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Sabah FC reversed an incredible series before Hapoel Beer Sheva and became the youngest club to reach this instance
This was made possible by the defeat of Hapoel in a home-made tournament match.
After losing the tournament (1-2), Sabah FC defeated Hapoel Beer Sheva on Tuesday at the Tofiq-Bahramov Stadium in Baku (5-2 after extensions) and qualified for the Champions League stage.
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BAKÚ, Azerbaijan (AP) — An Azerbaijani club founded just nine years ago will debut in the main stage of the Champions League after dramatically winning a repechaje on Tuesday.
The Jamaican striker and former player of Saprisa Javon East will play with his team, Israel’s Hapoel Be’er Sheva, the league phase of the Europa League. The Israeli team competed in front of Azerbaijan’s Sabah one of the playoffs for the Champions League; as the Hapoel lost with a global score of 6-4, it will be his turn to go to the Europa League, the second most important tournament in the Old Continent. In the first round of the match Israel…
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